President Trump introduced Monday that he’ll award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
“As President of the US of America, I’m happy to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the best Mayor within the historical past of New York Metropolis, and an equally nice American Patriot, will obtain THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Nation’s highest civilian honor,” Mr. Trump stated in a social media submit. “Particulars as to time and place to comply with. Thanks to your consideration to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Mr. Trump’s announcement comes days after Giuliani was hospitalized with a number of damaged bones following a automotive crash in New Hampshire. Giuliani suffered “fractured thoracic vertebrae, a number of lacerations and contusions, in addition to accidents to his left arm and decrease leg” after the automobile he was using in was “struck from behind at excessive velocity,” his spokesperson stated.
“There isn’t any American extra deserving of this honor,” Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman stated in a social media submit. “Mayor Rudy Giuliani took down the Mafia, saved New York Metropolis, comforted the nation following 9/11, and served in numerous different methods to enhance the lives of others. Thanks, President Trump, for honoring his life and legacy.”
Giuliani, 81, constructed his popularity within the Eighties and ’90s in New York Metropolis as a prosecutor earlier than being elected mayor. He was dubbed “America’s mayor” after his management in New York after the Sept. 11 assaults in 2001.
After serving two phrases as mayor, he ran for president in 2008 however withdrew in the course of the Republican main after a 3rd place end in Florida. Later, he turned a detailed adviser to Mr. Trump in his first time period and was a key spreader of conspiracy theories and unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen after Mr. Trump’s loss.
Giuliani was disbarred in New York and Washington, D.C., and he declared chapter after being discovered chargeable for $148 million for spreading falsehoods about Georgia election staff.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is “introduced to people who’ve made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or safety of the US, world peace, or different important societal, public or non-public endeavors.”
The award was established by former President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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